NEW DELHI: A government committee is exploring the possibility of imposing a basic customs duty on a few electronic hardware items, which are not part of the obligatory zero customs duty list under World Trade Organisation's information technology pact signed in 1996. Concurrently, the panel, headed by the secretary of department of electronics and information technology (Deity), is also aiming at correcting the inverted duty structure in the electronic hardware...

NEW DELHI: Industry body Assocham today said policymakers during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China must aim to forge joint ventures (JVs) with the neighbour that can facilitate manufacturing of items such as mobile handsets, electronics and computer hardware in India. "As a high-level team of policymakers accompanies the PM to China, the strategy should be to somehow get the Chinese manufacturing base shifted to India, along with Indians,...

NEW DELHI: With the increasing consumption of electronic items in the country, the hardware manufacturing industry in India is poised to touch $155 billion by 2015. "As per study made by Frost and Sullivan, the (global) market for electronics hardware is expected to grow by 30 per cent to $320 billion in 2015," Department of Information Technology Secretary Jainder Singh said at the Componex Nepcon exhibition here today. "There is a potential for the...

NEW DELHI: The government is considering a radical proposal to shore up electronic manufacturing capabilities in the country. Several ministries are firming up a plan to mandate that 30% value terms for all government procurement should be 'Made in India' or Indian electronic products. This will extend to tenders of all government ministries, PSUs, government-controlled institutions, PPP-funded projects and projects under institutional funding from the World Bank and...

HYDERABAD: Japan's Yokohama City Council has come forward to collaborate with Andhra Pradesh to develop Kakinada district headquarters into a smart city , AP state government officials announced here today. In November 2014, an AP delegation had visited Japan and Yokohama port, a state government release said. In a meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here today, Yokohama port president Masayuki Takashima and other...

NEW DELHI: The government is planning to come up with an incentive package in the upcoming Budget to encourage manufacturing of electronic hardware including mobile phones and laptops as part of the 'Make in India' campaign. Some announcements to this affect are likely to be made in the Budget by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 28. Pitching for a package of incentives, the Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) has suggested that...

HYDERABAD: Japan's Yokohama City Council has come forward to collaborate with Andhra Pradesh to develop Kakinada district headquarters into a smart city , AP state government officials announced here today. In November 2014, an AP delegation had visited Japan and Yokohama port, a state government release said. In a meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here today, Yokohama port president Masayuki Takashima and other...

NEW DELHI: The government is planning to come up with an incentive package in the upcoming Budget to encourage manufacturing of electronic hardware including mobile phones and laptops as part of the 'Make in India' campaign. Some announcements to this affect are likely to be made in the Budget by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 28. Pitching for a package of incentives, the Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) has suggested that...

BANGALORE: While it took Google over a year to build its augmented-reality goggles, Google Glass, Kochi-based Arvind Sanjeev says he was able to replicate it in less than a month for just Rs 4,500, thanks to open-source hardware. Instead of commercializing the product and with the intention of contributing to the community, Sanjeev posted a blog explaining how his 'Smart Cap' can be built by anyone using opensource hardware such as a Rasberry Pi computer,...

NEW DELHI: The government is conducting a study to set up IT investment regions which would help attract global investments. The IT investment regions would help the global companies identify suitable locations for their investments, IT and Communications Secretary Jainder Singh told PTI on the sidelines of Elcomp India 2007. However, he refused to give any further details on this. Earlier, while speaking at the...

NEW DELHI: India's import of electronic goods like mobiles and cameras rose by almost 30 per cent to Rs 1.57 lakh crore in 2011-12, Parliament was informed today. The country had imported electronic products worth Rs 1.21 lakh crore in 2010-11 fiscal, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "To promote manufacturing of electronics goods indigenously and reduce dependence on imports, government...

BANGALORE: While it took Google over a year to build its augmented-reality goggles, Google Glass, Kochi-based Arvind Sanjeev says he was able to replicate it in less than a month for just Rs 4,500, thanks to open-source hardware. Instead of commercializing the product and with the intention of contributing to the community, Sanjeev posted a blog explaining how his 'Smart Cap' can be built by anyone using opensource hardware such as a Rasberry Pi computer, an ...

DUBAI: Middle East has emerged as the top region for India's electronic hardware exports with the sale to the region amounting to $1,738 million in 2013-14, registering a growth of 6.66 per cent. "UAE leads the list of countries importing India's electronics hardware," said Kamal Vachani , regional director for Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) in the Middle East. The electronic goods export to the region...

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government would come out with a "proper" electronic hardware policy aimed at attracting manufacturing facilities to Hyderabad, IT Minister K T Rama Rao said here today. Speaking after inaugurating India Gadget Expo 2014 here, he pitched for support of the union government in promoting the hardware manufacturing sector in the state. He noted that the state government has already approved two manufacturing clusters near the ...

NEW DELHI: Facing challenges like inverted duty structure and infrastructure bottlenecks, IT hardware industry has urged the new government to take corrective measures to bring back growth in the sector that has been witnessing flat growth in the last few years. Faced with a double whammy of increasing input costs and growing preference for smartphones and tablets, the sector has seen big players like HCL Infosystems , Wipro and Samtel exiting...

NEW DELHI: India will push for an agreement on information technology and software with China during the third round of strategic and economic dialogue beginning Tuesday in Beijing even as it tries to protect its markets from a flood of Chinese goods. Asia's two largest economies are also expected to hammer out an agreement to develop India's railway infrastructure , which includes improving heavy haul operations, station development and speeding up trains, as...

NEW DELHI: Industry body Assocham today said policymakers during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China must aim to forge joint ventures (JVs) with the neighbour that can facilitate manufacturing of items such as mobile handsets, electronics and computer hardware in India. "As a high-level team of policymakers accompanies the PM to China, the strategy should be to somehow get the Chinese manufacturing base shifted to India, along with Indians,...

BANGALORE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the government's aim was to make Karnataka the innovation hub of the world. Presenting the 2014-15 state Budget in the Assembly, he said: "Government encourages new ideas and innovations for high values for IT products and service companies. The aim is to make Karnataka an Innovation hub of the World. " "In this regard, Government will provide "Plug and Play" Space for start-ups at...

NEW DELHI: A government committee is exploring the possibility of imposing a basic customs duty on a few electronic hardware items, which are not part of the obligatory zero customs duty list under World Trade Organisation's information technology pact signed in 1996. Concurrently, the panel, headed by the secretary of department of electronics and information technology (Deity), is also aiming at correcting the inverted duty structure in the electronic hardware...